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Capri Village, Arizona

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85009. The Survey maps it on the Fowler quadrangle.

Capri Village within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

2,630 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,630 fires within 5 miles of Capri Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 42 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2548
Arson/incendiarism42
Natural33
Power generation/transmission/distribution7

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department335425
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154835
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154836
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122598
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111668
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111667
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department333529
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department333482

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Capri Village: 10 producers, 5 past producers, 2 plants, 1 unknown. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay, Vermiculite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Zonolite Co.VermiculitePlant
Gold Bond Building Products Div.Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Phoenix BrickyardClayPlant
Phoenix PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Tolleson Clay PitClayProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Phoenix Redi-Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phoenix S&R, Agua Fria Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reeves Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Catalina Village0.3 miles27
Legend Estates0.9 miles27
Trail Inn Lodge1.3 miles26
Young America Homes1.4 miles27
Parkwood1.6 miles27
Centura West2.1 miles27
La Terraza2.2 miles27
Sunburst Homes2.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24762. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.